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Horst Faas AP Photographer.

... you know, it's one thing to cross a line of departure armed and as a combatant, but it's quite another to wander the forward edge of the battle area armed with only a couple of cameras & documenting what's out there ... this guy had major balls of brass.

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FILE - In this undated file photo, Associated Press photographer Horst Faas is shown on assignment with soldiers in South Vietnam. Faas, a prize-winning combat photographer who carved out new standards for covering war with a camera and became one of the world's legendary photojournalists in nearly half a century with The Associated Press, died Thursday May 10, 2012. He was 79. (AP Photo/File)...

I never work with Horst, but i did work for him.

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Originally Posted by QBREES9 (Post 405308)

I never work with Horst, but i did work for him.

That must have been quite an experience, were you one of the 'Horst's Army' of young photographers they mentioned in the article?

No I met him much later in life. When I freelanced out of New York.

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Originally Posted by QBREES9 (Post 405308)

I never work with Horst, but i did work for him.

Pray tell ... tell us some war stories!

RIP Faas!